Project Logic Ga

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/26/democrats-to-target-democrats-in-10/

So I was watching this documentary about the band Aerosmith and Steven Tyler said the band got their sound just right in the middle of the disco craze—rock band in the middle of dance music waiting for America to come back to it’s musical common sense.    Tyler said that every morning he would sit on the side of his bed with his palms on his forehead and say, “Lord almighty, bless my soul. I have the right key but the wrong keyhole.”

That is how some moderates feel when we try to tell the left or the right what is going to happen next.  The GOP takes over Washington in the 90s, then the Blue Dogs pull the Democrats toward the middle which helps them take Congress back and eventually the White House (that plus, Republicans moving away from the core beliefs in their fiscal actions.)

One would think that what’s next would be a sub-section of the GOP that was somewhat moderate to counterbalance the Blue Dogs—wrong; stay the course, stiff upper lip, carry on, full steam ahead.  But, the GOP need not worry because the liberal section of the Dem Team will find a way to snatch defeat from the hands of victory.

While feeling great about the success of the 2008 elections, the liberals (not synonymous with Democrats) have decided to target Democrats they don’t like in 2010.  Look here far-left and far-right, national parties must show a certain amount of flexibility and compromise.  So, some latte-sipping cats in San Fran or Amherst decide to purge the Dem Team of some Blue Dogs in a manner similar to the GOP cleansing process. 

Knowledge is key because the Dems never would have taken the House and Senate without the Blue Dogs and the GOP needs to allow Steele to grow a moderate subsection to compete against Blue Dogs.

Like Tyler waiting for the end of disco, the moderates will see who really wants to run this big nation in a diverse and represenative way and who wants to run their mouths. Those GOP senators from Maine who consider White House proposals before voting no get my respect as do the Blue Dogs who catch heat from the left and right.   Those Dogs will likely be safe because the GOP won’t produce less-rigid candidates against them.  Dream On or Walking This Way.